My observant readers will notice that today’s entry places us back in NC when we were in VA yesterday. Why-you might ask? We traveled into 5 states in May and kept going as our boat insurance requires us to be in the Chesapeake Bay in early June due to hurricane season. Time did not permit a boat side trip to the beautiful Outer Bank area of NC so we decided to rent a car on this very windy day and go back to Cape Hatteras.
Cape Hatteras stretches north to south across three islands, Brodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke, and the islands are linked by the narrow NC paved road, Route 12 as well as the Hatteras Inlet ferry. You could spend an entire month’s vacation in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Park exploring the islands, shipwrecks, lighthouses, and wildlife refuge but we only had a day and spent our time on Coquina Beach and the Brodie Lighthouse. With our beach umbrella and folding chairs, we are always ready for a beach day. After the brown calm water of the ICW and Dismal Swamp, the ocean water today was green and frothy.
This area is also home to Kitty Hawk and the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Bob got his private pilot’s license a few years ago so this stop was definitely on our itinerary. The Wright Brothers amazing story of flight is told here from their earliest boyhood longings to fly, establishing a successful bicycle business in Dayton OH, learning mechanics, physics and chemistry from fellow inventors, self-financing their efforts and setting off for Kitty Hawk to test their dreams and theories in an area they referred to as the Sahara Desert. Through blazing heat and cold, bug and rodent-filled tents and primitive buildings, they persevered first with glider flight, and then on 12/17/1903, they made 4 successful propeller-powered flights, the longest being 852 feet in 59 seconds. Our modern world owes a lot to these pioneers.
Loopers Peg and Dave on Sea Ya will be coming into the marina tonight and we will travel together to Deltaville in the Chesapeake and do more aqua touristing in Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestown. Stay tuned.
Cape Hatteras stretches north to south across three islands, Brodie, Hatteras and Ocracoke, and the islands are linked by the narrow NC paved road, Route 12 as well as the Hatteras Inlet ferry. You could spend an entire month’s vacation in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Park exploring the islands, shipwrecks, lighthouses, and wildlife refuge but we only had a day and spent our time on Coquina Beach and the Brodie Lighthouse. With our beach umbrella and folding chairs, we are always ready for a beach day. After the brown calm water of the ICW and Dismal Swamp, the ocean water today was green and frothy.
This area is also home to Kitty Hawk and the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Bob got his private pilot’s license a few years ago so this stop was definitely on our itinerary. The Wright Brothers amazing story of flight is told here from their earliest boyhood longings to fly, establishing a successful bicycle business in Dayton OH, learning mechanics, physics and chemistry from fellow inventors, self-financing their efforts and setting off for Kitty Hawk to test their dreams and theories in an area they referred to as the Sahara Desert. Through blazing heat and cold, bug and rodent-filled tents and primitive buildings, they persevered first with glider flight, and then on 12/17/1903, they made 4 successful propeller-powered flights, the longest being 852 feet in 59 seconds. Our modern world owes a lot to these pioneers.
Loopers Peg and Dave on Sea Ya will be coming into the marina tonight and we will travel together to Deltaville in the Chesapeake and do more aqua touristing in Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestown. Stay tuned.
